I am not talking about defaulting to base emotions but about figuring out what makes up the complex emotion. It's not that something like jealousy is just fear

I am not talking about defaulting to base emotions but about figuring out what makes up the complex emotion. It's not that something like jealousy is just fear that is masking as something else. It can be something like fear, insecurity, feeling unimportant or ignored, surprise, and sense of loss, combined in some proportion. In my experience, you first have to identify the complex neuanced emotion, then you have to break it down to its components, and then you address those. Complex emotions are very hard to address directly, but easy to throw misdirected and misguided solutions at.